*** Source: Who's who in the Pacific Southwest: a compilation of authentic biographical sketches of citizens of Southern California and Arizona. Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Print. & Binding House, 1913, 406 pgs. *** ---page 315--- RICHTER, Louise May. Physician. Res. 112 S. Ave. 66; office 306-9 Ferguson Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Harrison co., Mo.; daughter of James and Belinda C. (Chambers) Richter. Attended Harrison Co. (Mo.) public schools; Grand River College, Mo.; took teachers' course, State Normal School of Neb.; Northwestern Univ. (Women's Med.). Member Los Angeles Co. Med. Assn.; State Med. Soc.; A. M. A.; Los Angeles Soc. of Social Hygiene; medical staff of Univ. of Cal. Member Woman's City Club; Alpha Epsilon Iota sorority; D. A. R.; College Woman's Equal Suffrage Club; Professional Woman's League. Regular school of practice. RIGGINS, Harley Edmund. Lawyer. Res. 445 Western ave.; office 505 O. T. Johnson Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Sheffield, Ia., June 6, 1879; son of Paden B. and Lydia (Loomis) Riggins. Married to Mary Reeves in 1910. Attended Santa Monica High School, 1899; Los Angeles Business College, 1900; graduate rom Univ. of So. Cal., 1903. Clerk in Dept. Superior Court, 1903-07; admitted to practice by Supreme Court of Cal., 1903; by U. S. Dist. Court; 1908; deputy city prosecutor, Los Angeles, Cal., 1908; deputy city atty., 1908-10; formed partnership for gen- eral practice of law under firm name of Schmidt & Riggins, 1908, which continues to date. Member Masonic fraternity; Los Angeles Bar Assn. Methodist. RIGGINS, Philip B. Physician. Office Pacific Electric Bldg. Born in Sheffield, Iowa, Jan. 27, 1877; son of Paden B. and Lydia (Loomis) Riggins. Married to Katherine Nisbet in 1898. Graduated from Santa Monica High School, 1893; from Law Department, Leland Stanford Univ., 1897; from Medical College, Univ. of So. Cal., at Los Angeles, 1907. Immediately after graduation began practice of his profession; chief surgeon of Shattuck-Edinger, railroad contractors; assistant surgeon for the Pacific Electric Ry., Los Angeles; same, Pacific Light and Power Co.; same, Fairchilds-Gilmore-Wilton Co. RITTENHOUSE, Albert Paul. Lawyer. Res. 1707 S. New Hampshire ave.; office 611 Equitable Bank Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Bloomfield, O., May 26, 1844; son of James and Rebecca (Bell) Rittenhouse. Married to Eliza G. Reynolds in 1884. Received his education in the public schools of Ohio; Hopedale Normal School, Hopedale, Ohio; Franklin College, New Athens, O.; admitted to the bar in Ohio, April 18, 1869; Mo., Oct., 1871; Iowa, Oct., 1877; Neb., July, 1881; Colo. 1882; U. S. Circuit and District Court of Colo., May, 1886. Moved to Los Angeles, Cal., in Oct., 1904, and was admitted to the bar 1904; has been engaged in prac- tice to date. Served as private in 180th Ohio Reg. Vol. Inf., 1864-65; justice of the peace in Ohio under a commis- sion from President Rutherford B. Hayes, then governor of Ohio, 1868. Member of Mo. House of Representatives, 1874-75; judge of the eighth judicial district of Colo., 1887-88; member Colo. House of Representatives, 1890-91; colonel of Colo. N. G. on staff of Gov. Grant, 1882-84. Lecturer on law in Denver Business College, 1889-90. Commander A. Lincoln Post No. 4, G. A. R., Department of Colo. and Wyo., 1889; judge advocate same, 1890. Member American Archaeological and Asiatic Assns.; Los Angeles Bar Assn. Democrat. RITTENHOUSE, Charles C. Architect. Res. 125 W. Tropico ave., Tropico, Cal.; office 388 Wilcox Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Van Wert, O., Aug. 16, 1852; son of M. M. and Christena (Meely) Rittenhouse. Married to Allie Morse in 1879. Re- ceived his education in the public schools of Ohio. Served apprenticeship at carpenter's trade; studied in architect's office in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Moved to Hastings, Neb., and was employed at his trade for one year, then began the practice of architecture; moved to Col. in 1898; moved to Los Angeles in 1905, where he since, been engaged in the practice of his profession. Member of city council, Hastings, Neb., 1886-1890; 1893-95; mayor, 1890-92; mayor of Tropico, Cal., March, 1911-12. Presbyterian. RIVES, Hon. James C. Judge Superior Court. Res. Downey, Cal.; office, Court House, Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Georgia, Jan. 4, 1864; son of Burrell Edward and Elizabeth Amanda (Taylor) Rives. Nhrried to Mary L. Crowell in 1839. Educated in public schools of Los Angeles Co., Cal. First occupation was that of printer and pub- lisher of weekly newspaper, "The Downey Review"; worked for many years at printer's trade, principally on daily papers in Los Angeles, including The Times; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1889; elected dist. atty of *** end ***